//
// System.Runtime.Serialization.ISurrogateSelector
//
// Author:
//   David Dawkins (david@dawkins.st)
//
// (C) David Dawkins
//

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#ifndef ISurrogateSelector_h
#define ISurrogateSelector_h

#include <System/Object.h>
#include <System/Runtime/Serialization/ISurrogateSelector.h>
#include <System/Runtime/Serialization/StreamingContext.h>

namespace Riccsson
{
	namespace System
	{
		namespace Runtime
		{
			namespace Serialization
			{
				interface ISurrogateSelector
				{
					/// <summary>
					/// Insert specified selector into available surrogates</summary>
					public: virtual void ChainSelector( ISurrogateSelector* selector ) = 0;

					/// <summary>
					/// Return next surrogate in the surrogate chain</summary>
					public: virtual GC_PTR<ISurrogateSelector> GetNextSelector() = 0;

					/// <summary>
					/// Fetch the surrogate according the specified type, starting
					/// the search from the surrogate selector for the specified
					/// StreamingContext</summary>
					/// <param name="type">Type of the object to be serialized</param>
					/// <param name="context">Context for the serialization/deserialization</para,>
					/// <param name="selector">Upon return, contains a reference to the selector where the returned surrogate was found</param>
					/// <returns>The surrogate for the specified type and context</returns>
					public: virtual GC_PTR<ISerializationSurrogate> GetSurrogate(
						Type* type,
						StreamingContext* context,
						ISurrogateSelector out selector
					) = 0;
				};
			}
		}
	}
}

#endif